Tsetang - New Town

Wellcome to Zedang (also spelled Tsetang)	The main street entering Tsetang	Like most large towns in Tibet, Tsetang has a recently built mainly Chinese "New Town"	Monument on Hunan Lu street in the middle of Tsetang's "New Town"
New government building, Hunan Lu, Tsetang	Continuing east on Hunan Lu through Tsetang's New Town	Hunan Lu, new town Tsetang	Hunan Lu, new town Tsetang
Nedong Lu, new town Tsetang's main north-south avenue	Tse Dang Hotel, Nedong Lu street, Tsetang	Forecourt of the Tse Dang Hotel, Tsetang	Tse Dang Hotel, very acceptable, even with free internet
Lobby of the Tse Dang Hotel, Tsetang	Accomodation, Tse Dang Hotel (4-star Tibetan standard)	Amenities in the hotel	View of the mountains around Tsetang from the hotel
Guardian with kata scarf in front of the hotel	The State Owned Nationality Special Products Crafts Shop, Tsetang	State Grid building, Nedong Lu, Tsetang	State Grid building, Nedong Lu, Tsetang
Agricultural Bank of China, Nedong Lu, Tsetang new town	State Grid, the Chinese electric company, an official partnre of the 2008 Beijing Olympics	Chinese stone guardian lions, Tsetang	Agricultural Bank of China, Tsetang
Lhasa Beer cases	Mt. Everest Sport, Nedong Lu, Tsetang	Back at the hotel after my short walk	Mural of Yambulung Palace in the lobby of the Tse Dang Hotel
Another large painting in the hotel - Samye Monastery - closed due to political unrest leading up to the Olympics	I prefer to avoid hotel meals so I talked the guide into a noodle shop	License plate of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Xizang	Shopping district on the edge of old town near the market
Shop selling solar cookers, Tsetang	Looking north of Nadong Lu, Tsetang	Downtown Tsetang - intersection of Nadong Lu and Yangochou Lam	Shopping district, Tsetang
Late afternoon, Nadong Lu, downtown Tsetang	Shopping on Nadong Lu, Tsetang	Agricultural Bank of China, downtown Tsetang branch	Tsetang Department Store
Surprisingly, there's a small Muslim community in Tsetang	Nadong Lu, new town Tsetang	China Post, Tsetang	Nadong Lu, Tsetang
Nadong Lu, Tsetang	Success - another meal out of the hotel	Tse Tang at night	Back at the Tse Dant Hotel after dinner
Early start heading out of Tsetang, first backtracking to Lhasa Airport then on to Gyantse	Henan Lu, new town Tsetang	Henan Lu, new town Tsetang